This Sport Relief, we are launching the Safe, Secure, Settled fund. This initiative will invest in projects that are using sport to improve the lives of young people without a safe or secure place to live, helping them to gain the skills and resources to lead safe and positive lives. We will consider work that […]

The Foundation seeks to help charities to transform their digital presence to reach more people, raise funds and better serve their beneficiaries Funding of up to £18,000 to cover the strategy, design, build, content strategy, training, QA and launch of a new mobile optimised website, with sophisticated marketing, fundraising, appeals, social media, e-commerce and website […]

It includes over 100 new funders, registered with the Charity Commission or the Scottish Charity Regulator in 2016/17, whose giving criteria are general enough to be relevant to the greatest number of charities. At a glance you can find the details of each new grant-maker, their aims and objectives, the kinds of project they fund […]

1) There is no significant charity exemption to data protection or marketing law. Maybe there should be. There isn’t. 2) The ends never legalise the means. 3) If a donor or other individual does not understand what you are doing with their personal data, the practical effect is that you can’t do it, whatever it […]

I’ve been interested in psychology and giving for some time now; this paper from Behavioural Insights Team show how smalls actions ‘nudges’ can make significant improvement to the number of people who give. This paper celebrates the generosity of the UK public, and explores new and innovative ways of increasing charitable giving further. It also recognises the important […]

Interesting Blog from Joe Saxton at NFP Synergy… Have you ever tried choosing which charities to donate to by looking at their financial performance? Did you find what you needed easily? nfpSynergy research shows that the top three barriers to giving are centred around how charities spend their money. Yet, despite the common practice of publishing […]

Grants for rural areas up to £30,000, with some preference for projects making national impact. Objectives include: To advance the education of the public by means of research and dissemination of information in relation to agriculture To advance the education of young people within rural areas To relieve poverty within rural areas To promote the […]

They  like to help projects that are small scale and would find it hard to get funding from big trusts. Grants from £125 to £2500. They prefer orgs with no paid staff They  almost never make contributions to large appeals, such as for buildings or minibuses. In general, they look at what it is costing per-head to […]

The Coastal Communities Fund supports the development of coastal locations by promoting sustainable economic growth and jobs, enabling local people to respond to the changing needs and opportunities in their area. A range of organisations can apply now for grants to support projects exceeding £50,000 that will lead to regeneration and economic growth while safeguarding […]

Local Community Projects Fund awards grants of up to £2,000 to enable not for profit organisations to do something they otherwise couldn’t afford to. Funding is offered to organisations supporting people in need. Any not for profit organisation can apply, however, larger organisations with a turnover in excess of £300,000 are unlikely to be successful. They […]